12/28/18: The USDA recently released two reports, one analyzing pesticide residue and one analyzing antibiotics in the US food supply. The pesticide report found that “In 2017, over 99 percent…
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12/27/18: On December 12, congress passed an $867 billion farm Farm Bill after two months of negotiations. The bill is a massive piece of legislation, containing funding for nutrition programs…
12/19/2018: Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture recently appointed three new members to the Science Advisory Council, including IPM Institute of North America president and co-founder Dr. Tom…
12/13/18: The Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) counts it’s successes in 2018 in this article on the Packer. “Our mission is to bring together growers, farm workers, retailers and consumers to…
12/07/18: World Wildlife Fund and ISEAL Alliance enlisted Aid Environment to develop a white paper on how voluntary sustainability standards can bring about broader changes, like facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue, engaging…
11/30/18: FoodPrint now offers an online encyclopedia of food sustainability, where you can find information on the environmental footprint of over 200 food items, along with shopping and cooking tips….
11/29/18: On November 15, California regulators recommended new restrictions on the use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide deemed dangerous by a federal appeals court in August. These temporary guidelines include banning…
11/20/18: As of November 14, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) entered into a partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to collaborate around issues of healthy soils, clean water, climate…
11/05/18: On Sunday, October 28, Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain won a sweeping victory in Brazil’s presidential election. He has received intense international criticism for his comments on…
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, based on the “NutriNet-Santé” pool of nutrition volunteers in France has asserted that a diet of organic food can reduce the risk…